Northern Ireland could be back under direct rule from Westminster if its political parties fail to reach a deal by today's extended deadline for power-sharing talks. Direct rule looms as Northern ...

Northern Ireland today entered another era of direct rule from Westminster as the Government moved to save the Good Friday Agreement by suspending devolution. As the province's beleaguered peace ...

No area of public life better illustrates the wrongness of this assumption than the lamentable way local politicians have handled health. Under direct rule, prior to 1998, the Department of Health ...

Government ‘extremely reluctant’ to introduce direct rule for Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Office minister Steve Baker urged the DUP to end its boycott of the Stormont institutions.

Direct rule also would upend the ... The British government’s only immediate legal option is to call for new elections in Northern Ireland, but it is coming under pressure from the DUP not to do ...

In Northern Ireland, hope of a power-sharing deal has faded into obscurity and patience is wearing thin among politicians and voters alike. Northern Ireland has been in limbo since the power-sharing ...

October 26, 2022 at 2:51pm BST. Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there cannot be direct rule from Westminster in the event of powersharing not being restored at Stormont this week.

1921-22 - Southern Ireland wins independence. Britain rules Northern Ireland. 1968-69 - Catholics in Northern Ireland lead civil rights struggle. Protestants who make up more than half the population ...

The Government is “extremely reluctant” to reintroduce direct rule from Westminster for Northern Ireland, a minister has said. However, Northern Ireland Office minister Steve Baker added that ...

The Government is “extremely reluctant” to reintroduce direct rule from Westminster for Northern Ireland, a minister has said. However, Northern Ireland Office minister Steve Baker added that ...